LibraryScenariosWhen self-monitoring becomes self-defeating
Scenario

When self-monitoring becomes self-defeating

My smartwatch tracks my stress levels and seeing the numbers makes me more stressed about being stressed.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Quantified awareness can paradoxically increase the very states it aims to regulate.

Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Buddhist contemplative computing?”

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